Honorifics & keigo

いい加減かげんにして頂戴ちょうだい

“YOU MUST RESTRAIN YOURSELF.”

Please Give Me the Favor of Your Silence: 頂戴ちょうだい and the Humble "Receive" English Reads as a Bare Command

N2 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

いい御ご身分みぶんだなァ

“WELL, AREN'T YOU SOMETHING?”

Must Be Nice, Said With a Bow: いい御身分ごみぶんだな and the Honorific English Strips Out of the Insult

N2 Honorifics & keigo Demon Slayer

お手並てなみ拝見はいけんといくか．．．

“SHOW US WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!”

I Shall Humbly Behold Your Skill: 拝見はいけん and the Mock-Reverent "Show Us" VIZ Flattens to a Dare

N3 Honorifics & keigoKanji anatomy Naruto

「いらっしゃいませイカ野郎やろう」！！

“"WELCOME, SQUID-FACE!!"”

Bowing While Insulting You: いらっしゃいませ and the Sonkeigo Greeting VIZ Turned Into "Welcome, Squid-Face"

N5 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece

洗あらってお返かえし致いたしますからこちらを着きて

“I'LL BRING THEM BACK. PLEASE WEAR THESE FOR NOW.”

Doing It With a Bow: 致いたす and the Humble Verb English Reads as Plain "Do"

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

貴殿きでんら何用なにようかは知しらぬが

“I DO NOT KNOW WHAT BUSINESS BRINGS YOU HERE...”

A Priest's Formal Challenge: 貴殿きでん and the Officer's "You" VIZ Prints as Plain "You"

N1 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Naruto

……？剣士殿けんしどの……！！！貴殿きでんの力ちからを見みこんで理不尽りふじんな願ねがい申もうし奉たてまつる！！！

“MR. BUSHIDO! YOU'RE STRONG! PLEASE GRANT MY HUMBLE REQUEST!”

An Ostrich's Chivalry: 貴殿きでん and the Warrior's Formal "You" VIZ Trades for a Nickname

N1 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece

おい貴様きさまこのおれを誰だれだと思おもってる

“WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?”

From "Your Esteemed Self" to Fighting Words: 貴様きさま and the Pronoun System English Flattens Into "You"

N2 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece

綱手つなで様さまが木ノ葉このはに戻もどって下くださってホントに助たすかった

“I'M TRULY GRATEFUL THAT LADY TSUNADE HAS RETURNED TO KONOHA.”

The Favor That Flows Downward: くださる and the Superior's Gift VIZ Renders as Plain Gratitude

N4 Honorifics & keigo Naruto

胡蝶様こちょうさまの申もうし付つけにより参まいりました

“WE COME ON ORDERS FROM LADY KOCHO.”

Reporting for Duty With a Bow: 参まいる and the Humble Verb English Reads as Plain "Go"

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

さき程ほどは失礼しつれいおわびにフルーツのマチェドニアを召めし上あがれ

“FORGIVE THE COMMOTION. A FRUIT MACÉDOINE, WITH MY COMPLIMENTS.”

A Verb That Bows: 召し上めしあがる and the Deference English Can't Conjugate

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece

私わたしは“珠世たまよ”と申もうしますその子こは〝愈史郎ゆしろう〟

“MY NAME IS TAMAYO. THIS BOY IS YUSHIRO.”

Saying It With a Bow: 申もうす・申し上もうしあげる and the Humble Verb English Reads as Plain "Say"

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

たまたまオレがお前まえたちへの大切たいせつな伝令役でんれいやくを仰おおせつかったワケだ

“IT WAS JUST GOOD LUCK THAT I GOT TO BE THE MESSENGER FOR THE THREE OF YOU.”

It Wasn't Luck: 仰おおせつかる and the Command From Above English Turns Into Coincidence

N1 Honorifics & keigoKanji anatomy Naruto

恐おそれ入いります！！

“THANK YOU!”

Shrinking Into Awe: 恐れ入おそれいる and the Humble Verb English Splits Four Ways

N2 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece

嬲なぶり殺ころして差さし上あげますお望のぞみのままに．．．！！

“I'LL KILL HER SLOWLY AND THEN LAY THE PROOF AT YOUR FEET!”

A Torture-Killing, Gift-Wrapped in Keigo: 差し上さしあげる and the Humble "Give" English Can't Make Sinister

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

猫背ねこぜで揉み手もみでをしながら俺おれの機嫌きげんを常につねに伺いうかがい…全身全霊ぜんしんぜんれいでへつらうのだ。

“FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU MUST PLEASE ME! BOW AND SCRAPE AND AVERT YOUR EYES! YOU TOADIES ARE MINE, BODY AND SOUL!”

The Humble Verb for Watching: 伺うかがう and the Mood-Check VIZ Turns Into Averted Eyes

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone Demon Slayer

．．．．．．どどなたか存ぞんじませんが．．．．．．水みずを

“I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE...”

I Humbly Don't Know: 存ぞんじる and the Kenjōgo Verb English Can't Conjugate

N3 Honorifics & keigoRegister & tone One Piece